Windows: Block Downloading of Files in Internet Explorer
March 14, 2008 – 9:07 am by ShaneA recent comment requested how to disable downloading of files through Internet Explorer.
For security reasons one might want to disable or block downloading through Internet Explorer. There could be several other reasons for this including building a secure Internet kiosk, protecting your PC from malicious files, etc.
So far as I know, this should work with IE 6 or 7. I tested it on IE 7 running Windows Vista Ultimate (please don’t flame me ;)).
Copy and paste the following into notepad and save it as disabledownloadsie.reg:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\3]
“1803″=dword:00000003
Run the disabledownloadsie.reg to enable blocking of downloads in Internet Explorer.
The settings are:
3 = disabled
0 = enabled
After applying this setting trying to download anything will present you with this message:
If you wish to change the setting back repeat the process above with this value:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\3]
“1803″=dword:00000000
There you are. I hope this comes in handy while trying to secure an Internet kiosk or other sensitive equipment.
Tags: Block Downloads, Internet Explorer, Registry, Security, Windows
